I know this is going to sound like some clickbait bullshit title, but I’m genuinely curious, asking in good faith. My two oldest sons are enamored with him, and he seems like a genuine guy, so I’m asking - is he a nice guy? If you google the question, you get a bunch of reddit hate, which I don’t always trust, because…it’s reddit. I have not watched much content (not my thing, I’m old) but I’m just curious what the fediverse has to say.
I would say he is good enough. He does a lot of philanthropic work and most of his videos are at least “neutral”. He doesn’t promote hate, discrimination, or spout other nonsense. Yes, he is earning money with his videos but there is nothing wrong with that. Just because his main form of entertainment is about giving away money, doesn’t make it bad or evil. There are tons of game shows out there that give away money that aren’t criticized. How is it any different from something like “Deal or No Deal”? It’s still about making giving money entertaining.
He is still a businessman and not all of his decision can be considered “ethical”. For example, his Beast Burger is a rather big money grab and promoted a bit misleading. It’s a Ghost Kitchen Franchise managed by one of the biggest Ghost Kitchen company out there. But it was promoted as him actually “opening” 300 restaurants. While in reality, existing restaurants just started serving Beast Burgers under the Beast Burger franchise. In Interviews, he is more honest about this but I would say a lot of customers have the wrong impression of what’s really going on.
He uses private jets, which are bad for the environment. That’s a legitimate point to criticize him but I wouldn’t say that makes him a bad person. I wouldn’t call him a saint but as far as influencers/entertainers go, he is definitely not near the bottom of the barrel either. And even compared to most regular people he is somewhere around average.